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Zero Wing

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Zero Wing

Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!

Side Scroller Shoot 'Em Up Arcade Action 2D
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Zero Wing blasts onto PC for the first time ever!


Toaplan's classic 1989 arcade shooter is back and upgraded with an armada of features, like the brand-new beginner mode, arcade-accurate emulation, quick saves, and online leaderboards!

CATS, the cyborg commander of a band of swashbuckling space pirates, is terrorizing the galaxy. You must pilot the only remaining ZIG attack craft into combat to stop CATS and his buccaneers!

ORIGINAL GAME FEATURES:

  • Skill-based shoot 'em up action with horizontal scrolling in a treacherous galaxy full of enemies, bosses and levels!
  • Capture your enemies with the powerful "Seizer Beam" and fire them at their allies for devastating destruction!
  • Take control of the Red Scatter Cannon, Blue Laser, and Green Homing Missiles and upgrade them for even greater damage!
  • Invite a second player at any time in the co-op version!
  • Rock out to the original soundtrack from composers Tatsuya Uemura, Masahiro Yuge, and Toshiaki Tomizawa.

QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS:

  • Minimal Input Lag: Emulation, input processing, and rendering all complete on the same frame.
  • Quick Save using F1-F10, Reload with Shift+ F1-F10
  • Online leaderboards for Single Credit, No Assist, and Assisted plays.
  • Instrument panels with extra gameplay information and artwork.
  • Rewind the game between 10-18 minutes, depending on the action.
  • Capture sharable replays to immortalize your interstellar victories (or funny moments).
  • Assist Features such as auto-fire at multiple rates.
  • Very Easy Mode: Lower the difficulty to breeze through the adventure.
  • Pixel perfect or full-screen scaling in windowed or full-screen mode.
  • Rotate the gameplay in 90-degree increments.
  • Steam Achievements
  • Choose between Raw Input on Windows or Steam Input.
  • Hone your skills in the ultra customizable practice mode!

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System requirements Windows · macOS · Linux

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Storage: 10 MB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • Storage: 10 MB available space

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Minimum:
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Storage: 10 MB available space

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    • Storage: 10 MB available space

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      Game details Languages, features & support
      Publisher
      Clear River Games
      Brazilian rating
      l
      Steam Germany rating
      12
      Achievements
      95
      Controller support
      full
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      Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Gamepad Recommended, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Steam Input API Support, Steam Cloud, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
      Languages
      English
      Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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      Structured language support (1)
      LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
      EnglishYesNoNo
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      Value Score

      Great Value — 81th percentile.

      Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 81th percentile. Priced as Market at $7.99.

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      Genre Benchmarks

      Player Count Top 27%
      Value Ratio Top 19%

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      Is Zero Wing worth buying right now?
      Wait — $7.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
      When does Zero Wing go on sale?
      Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
      Is Zero Wing free to play?
      Zero Wing costs $7.99 on Steam.
      What genre is Zero Wing?
      Zero Wing is a Action game.
      Who developed Zero Wing?
      Zero Wing was developed by Bitwave Games and published by Clear River Games.
      What platforms does Zero Wing support?
      Available on Steam for Windows, macOS, Linux.

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